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Euro trippers

August: 1. FSV Mainz 05 flew out of the traps at the start of the season, winning their first three matches of the campaign against VfB Stuttgart, SC Freiburg and VfL Wolfsburg respectivelySeptember: Shinji Okazaki and Co. were brought back down to earth with a bang, however, losing their next four outings, including this one at Hertha Berlin's Olympiastadion on Matchday 7October: An Okazaki (l.) brace against Eintracht Braunschweig on Matchday 10 got the Carnival club back on track, though. The 2-0 victory over the Lions' was their first in seven domestic encountersNovember: A defeat to FC Augsburg and victories over Eintracht Frankfurt followed, but Borussia Dortmund were too strong for Thomas Tuchel's side on Matchday 14, edging a 3-1 win at the Coface ArenaDecember: Mainz ended the first season-half in style, beating Hamburger SV 3-2 at the Imtech Arena thanks to goals from Nicolai Müller and Okazaki (2)January:Die Nullfünfer picked up on Matchday 18 where they had left off at the end of the year - as did Okazaki. The Japan international got on the score sheet once more in a 2-1 victory at Stuttgart, his former clubFebruary: Tuchel's charges were proving increasingly difficult to beat, a 0-0 draw away at Champions League-chasing FC Schalke 04 highlighting their European credentialsMarch: A 1-0 victory at Bayer 04 Leverkusen on Matchday 23 was no less impressive, with Maxim Choupo-Moting (r.) grabbing the only goal of the gameApril: Mainz could have secured a place in the UEFA Europa League against fellow European hopefuls Borussia Mönchengladbach on Matchday 33, but Tuchel's side slumped to a 3-1 defeat at Borussia ParkMay: Luckily, Mainz were given a second bite at the cherry against HSV on the final day of the campaign. Okazaki grabbed his 15th goal of the season in a 3-2 win that secured a seventh-placed finish and European qualification for only the third time in the club's history